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  2. Depression of 1920–1921 - Wikipedia

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    The recession lasted from January 1920 to July 1921, or 18 months, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.This was longer than most post–World War I recessions, but was shorter than recessions of 1910–1912 and 1913–1914 (24 and 23 months respectively).

  3. Roaring Twenties - Wikipedia

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    Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the Nineteen-Twenties. (1931), the first and still the most widely read survey of the era, complete text online free. Best, Gary Dean. The Dollar Decade: Mammon and the Machine in 1920s America. (2003). Cohen, Lizabeth. Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919–1939 (1990) Cohen, Lizabeth ...

  4. 1920s - Wikipedia

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    The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "' 20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. . Primarily known for the economic boom that occurred in the Western World following the end of World War I (1914–1918), the decade is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age" in America and Western ...

  5. History Repeats Itself: Here's How the 2020s Are ... - AOL

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    1920s: The Spanish Flu. In the fall of 1918, a mutated version of the virus that claimed its first victims in the spring made its way around the world, causing the death rate to escalate quickly ...

  6. History of the United States (1917–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the United States from 1917 to 1945 was marked by World War I, the interwar period, the Great Depression, and World War II. The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I , then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's ...

  7. 1920 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    October 10 – Gail Halvorsen, US Air Force officer (died 2022) October 15 Chris Economaki, sportscaster and actor (died 2012) Mario Puzo, novelist (died 1999) October 17 – Montgomery Clift, film actor (died 1966) October 20 – Janet Jagan, President of Guyana from 1997 to 1999 (died 2009)

  8. Wall Street crash of 1929 - Wikipedia

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    The Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1928–1930. The "Roaring Twenties", the decade following World War I that led to the crash, [4] was a time of wealth and excess.Building on post-war optimism, rural Americans migrated to the cities in vast numbers throughout the decade with hopes of finding a more prosperous life in the ever-growing expansion of America's industrial sector.

  9. Great Depression in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It was the longest and most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. Much of the stock market crash can be attributed to exuberance and false expectations. In the years leading up to 1929, the rising stock market prices had created vast sums of wealth in relation to amounts invested, in turn encouraging borrowing to ...